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School Consolidation and Inequality
Berry, Christopher R. - Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago - 2007
century is the success of the school consolidation movement. Between 1930 and 1970, 9 out of every 10 school districts were … eliminated through consolidation. Nearly two-thirds of schools that existed as of 1930 were gone by 1970. The overall effect of … brief, dynamic period. While school consolidation represents arguably the most profound reform movement in 20th century …
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Sudan: Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
This paper focuses on Sudan’s Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (I-PRPS). I-PRSP will support existing planning and budgeting instruments, including the 3-Year Salvation Economic Program (SEP) 2012–2014 and the 5-Year Development Plan (2012–2016), by strengthening the...
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The Political Economy of School Size: Evidence from Chilean Rural Areas
Gallego, Francisco - Instituto de Economía, Facultad de Ciencia Económicas … - 2010
Public schools in Chile receive a per-student subsidy depending on enrollment, and are managed by local governments that operate under soft budget constraints. In this paper, we study the effects of this system on per-student expenditures. Per-student expenditures on rural areas are 30% higher...
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The impact of Chicago's small high school initiative
Barrow, Lisa; Schanzenbach, Diane Whitmore; Claessens, Amy - In: Journal of urban economics 87 (2015), pp. 100-113
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Spending, Size, and Grade Span in K–8 Schools
Rubenstein, Ross; Schwartz, Amy Ellen; Stiefel, Leanna; … - In: Education Finance and Policy 4 (2009) January, pp. 60-88
Reorganizing primary school grade spans is a tractable and relatively inexpensive school reform. However, assessing the effects of reorganization requires also examining other organizational changes that may accompany grade span reforms. Using data on New York City public schools from 1996 to...
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Automated Generation of Course Improvement Plans Using Expert System
Imam, Muhammad Hasan; Tasadduq, Imran Ali; Ahmad, … - In: International Journal of Quality Assurance in … 6 (2017) 1, pp. 1-12
To satisfy ABET's continuous improvement criterion, an instructor, teaching a course suggests, at the end of the course, an improvement plan to be implemented when the same course is taught next time. Preparation of such a course improvement plan may be mandatory if a pre-specified target level...
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School Size and the Distribution of Test Scores
Bedard, Kelly; Brown Jr., William O.; Helland, Eric - 1999
After forty years of school consolidation, the preponderance of the evidence, including the results presented in this …
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Long-Term Effects of School Size on Students' Outcomes
Humlum, Maria Knoth; Smith, Nina - 2014
We estimate the effect of school size on students' long-term outcomes such as high school completion, being out of the labor market, and earnings at the age of 30. We use rich register data on the entire population of Danish children attending grade 9 in the period 1986-2004. This allows us to...
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The Short-Term Effects of School Consolidation on Student Achievement: Evidence of Disruption?
Beuchert, Louise Voldby; Humlum, Maria Knoth; Nielsen, … - 2016
consolidation and up to four years after. We find that school consolidation has adverse effects on achievement in the short run and …
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The Short-Term Effects of School Consolidation on Student Achievement: Evidence of Disruption?
Beuchert, Louise Voldby; Humlum, Maria Knoth; Nielsen, … - 2016
consolidation and up to four years after. We find that school consolidation has adverse effects on achievement in the short run and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011559623